German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(t)sɛnt/

Noun

Cent m ‎(genitive Cents, plural Cent or Cents)

1. cent, the smaller unit of the euro
2. cent (in other currencies)

Usage notes

The difference between the plurals Cent and Cents is equivalent to the difference between pence and pennies in English: The unchanged plural refers to an amount or value, whereas Cents may be used to mean a number of coins. However, the unchanged plural can be used for the latter meaning as well.

Old English

Proper noun

Cent f

1. Kent

English

Noun

cent ‎(plural cents or cent)

1. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
2. (informal) A small sum of money.

   He blew every last cent.‎

3. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
4. (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
5. (music) A hundredth of a half step.

Usage notes

• Due to the differing plural formats used in European languages, it is common to use the word cent as a plural throughout the Eurozone.

Synonyms

• (of a dollar): dollarcent
• (of a euro): eurocent
• (coin (Canada, US)): penny

Related terms

Translations

See also

• dollar
• euro
• per cent
• two cents

Abbreviation

cent

1. century

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

• (standard)

• (before a vowel) IPA^(key): /ˈsent/
• (before a consonant or a pause) IPA^(key): /ˈsen/

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsent/
• Rhymes: -ent

Numeral

cent m, f

1. (cardinal) hundred

Usage notes

• Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives, except un/una ‎(“1”), dos/dues ‎(“2”), cents/centes ‎(“100s”) and its compounds. When used as nouns, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts, but in expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock), they are feminine because the feminine noun hora has been elided.

Derived terms

• cent per cent
• per cent

Noun

cent m ‎(plural cents)

1. hundred

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English cent. These senses of the word cent in Catalan derive from the inversion of meaning that took place in English where it was used to indicate one hundredth.

Noun

cent m ‎(plural cents)

1. (music) cent (a hundredth of a half step)
2. (money) cent (A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.)

Related terms

• cèntim ‎(“A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the base unit.”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• IPA^(key): /sɛnt/

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French cent ‎(“hundred”), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Noun

cent m ‎(plural centen, diminutive centje n)

1. (money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of the Dutch guilder.
2. (money) cent, a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

Derived terms

• centiem
• dollarcent
• eurocent

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin centum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sent/

Number

cent

1. (cardinal) hundred
   • 1907, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), La revizoro, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Ревизор by Nikolaj Vasiljeviĉ Gogol, Acto kvara:

     Ĉu vi, Pjotr Ivanoviĉ, ne havas cent rublojn?

     Do you, Pjotr Ivanovich, not have one hundred rubles?

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃(t)/
• Homophones: cents, sang, sangs, sans, sens, sent

Numeral

cent

1. (cardinal) hundred

Derived terms

Related terms

• centi-

Noun

cent m ‎(plural cents)

1. (money) cent (one-hundredth of a dollar or of a euro)

Synonyms

• (money): sou (slang)

See also

• franc

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin centum.

Numeral

cent

1. (cardinal) hundred

Ido

Numeral

cent

1. a/one hundred (100)

Italian

Noun

cent m ‎(invariable)

1. cent (US coin)
2. euro cent (European coin)

Old French

Alternative forms

• çant
• ceint
• chent

Etymology

From Latin centum.

Noun

cent m ‎(oblique plural cenz or centz, nominative singular cenz or centz, nominative plural cent)

1. one hundred

Descendants

• French: cent

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡s̪ɛn̪t̪]

Noun

cent m anim

1. cent

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsênt/

Noun

cȅnt m ‎(Cyrillic spelling це̏нт)

1. cent (hundredth of a dollar, euro, etc.)
2. (music) cent (hundredth of a semitone)

Declension

Swedish

Noun

cent c

1. cent; a subunit of currency

Declension

References

• Hur ska vi hantera euro?, Forskningscentralen för de inhemska språken, February 8, 2007
• Euro, Språkrådet, Veckans språkråd 2002